Be my baby
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Be My Baby is the title of a 1963 song by The Ronettes , written by Phil Spector , Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich .
History of origin
The Ronettes were a New York female trio with a heavy Brooklyn accent signed by Phil Spector for his record label Philles Records in March 1963 . When Spector received the composition Be My Baby from Barry / Greenwich, he produced it with the Ronettes as their first single. The recording sessions began on July 5, 1963 at the Gold Star Studios in Hollywood . It took four hours of intense rehearsal before sound engineer Larry Levine even started recording. As a music producer, Spector had always placed great emphasis on the instrumentation of previous music recordings with other artists on his label. He used members of The Wrecking Crew , a changing group of studio musicians . He used four guitarists ( Billy Strange , Tommy Tedesco , Barney Kessel and Bill Pitman), as well as four keyboard players ( Leon Russell , Larry Knechtel , Al De Lory and Don Randi ). Carol Kaye and Ray Pohlman played bass, and two drummers were there, Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer . Completed with castanets and maracas, the song is the first in which Spector also used a full violin section. It took 42 takes in a four hour session to keep Spector happy.
The over-orchestration was underpinned by audio effects such as flanging and numerous overdubs , which was probably the best product of the Wall of Sound . Spector is mentioned as a co-composer only because his extensive production work should be appreciated; Legally, his composing part was a “cut-in” . B-side Tedesco and Pitman mentions the names of two guitarists from the Wrecking Crew who participated in the recording.
publication
Be My Baby / Tedesco and Pitman was released on August 15, 1963 as Philles Records # 116. The hit hit the American pop charts on August 31, 1963 and stayed at number 2 for three weeks. In Great Britain, it was listed at number 4. It sold more than 2 million records after its release in 1963 alone.
The title received a BMI award . The song reached number 22 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 best songs of all time . The Library of Congress entered it into the United States National Recording Registry . In 1987 the song was used in the soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing .
Cover versions
15 cover versions of the title are registered with BMI . The most successful version comes from Andy Kim from November 1970 (US rank 17, Germany rank 24). In August 1986 part of Be My Baby was adapted for Eddie Money's Take Me Home Tonight . Further cover versions followed by Suzanne Doucet ( Be My Baby , 1964), Bernhard Brink ( Where is that written , 1972), Rachel Sweet (album ... And Then He Kissed Me , released November 1981), John Lennon (recorded between October and December 1973, published November 1998), Alyssa Milano (October 1989), Linda Ronstadt (June 1996), The Bates (April 1998), Smokie (2001) or Mutya Buena feat. Amy Winehouse and 3 Feet Smaller .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart data
- ^ Dave Marsh, The Heart of Rock & Soul , 1989, p. 22
- ↑ Mark Riobowski, He's A Rebel , 1989, p 149
- ↑ Jack Doyle, ThePopHistoryDig, Be My Baby , January 2010